Hy 2017

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Case: This IS something you WILL see: a case with a patient with fatty stools. So, your patient is a male, 55, named George Bush and he has fatty stools. You will have to pick the cause. First, give me at least 3 causes of fatty stools likely to be seen on the USMLE step 1. Then give the drugs or tx.

a) Fatty stools will be on your test. Remember, you need enzymes to break up the fat in your food like lipase. So, think of: 1) Chronic pancreatitis 2) Diabetes 3) Malabsorption (IBD) 4) Alcoholism. 5) Pancreatic cancer They HAVE to give you a clue (history of drinking or a radiograph), then you will be golden. Tx./drugs depends on the cause.

"All USMLE cases are original and are expressly not from questions seen, recalled, paraphraphrased from the real USMLE, the material is for the purpose of the education of future physicians and the safety of their patients."